Irish Mini Owners Club

Try the bullet connectors behind the grill for corrosion or bad connections
Theres a handful of them there and tend to give trouble.
Directly behind the grill where the bonnet catch is.

I have a Brake Master cylinder cap modified with a valve on it.
The valve will allow you to connect a pump and push the fluid down to each cylinder under a small bit of pressure.
It works a treat for me
Your welcome to it if u want to borrow it,
Im in Longford/Athlone area.

Hi lads Can anyone tell me if its possible to buy a seal kit for both the clutch and brake master cylinders? If so, are there different types of master cylinders for different years or are all the same? My brake master cyl has a yellow tag on it, so im assuming this means something????? Thanks in ad...

How about the engine condition?

Yea it closed down......
On 12th Dec if i remember correctly

From what i can make out as i look at the pictures...... The pipe in 1st pic is just a carburettor overflow pipe to direct fuel away from the exhaust should it overflow due to ur float sticking, just connect it up its no major issue once ist not overflowing. The pipe in no3 pic is known as a bypass ...

Yea lads im almost sure its a plate reader too because ive a golf van, and to go through and it charges me the goods vehicle price of €4.30..... So i always assumed it was to the reg of the car and how its taxed.
I often wonder why they dont wear balaclavas!!

Thanks very much for the replys guys

Bad earth connection behind the grill....

Always easy when u know where to start looking

Sounds like you are missing the main earth on the front lights. Check the bullet connectors at the top of the grill this happened to me awhile ago theirs an inline fuse beside the carb(dont know weather it was just on my car) changed the fuse and mine worked for a while mine ended up being the bott...

Hi all Im having a bit of a problem with my front lights, The rear right lights work, left dont, and all indicators work, just the front heads, dims and parks wont work. When I turn the them on, the dash lights all work fine, but the blue light on the dash indicating high beam stays on whether I tur...

You need to go somewhere that uses the 4 wheel laser system... Get them to make sure all your angles are whitin the parameters... Camber angle castor angle and Wheel alignment(Tracking) can be a nightmare and all have an effect on your steering....... Those Dunlop guages with the mirrors are good en...

macker wrote:

markcaffo wrote:Jesus this forum is like a English class, i'm just waiting for someone to get the red pen out.

B+

C+
An English Class

Cheers lads

I think maybe il just keep using a shot of the additive so...........

Better safe than sorry Just like condoms!

Hi guys im just wondering if my car is unleaded or leaded petrol???? Its an 86 998cc mayfair and i dont know if the heads been modified or not???????? The previous owner doesnt know either, ive been using a lead substitute just to be sure but id like to know now if im wasting my money. Ive the head ...

Yea im for the shiny caps left in tact too

Buy a Power-bar and 11/16 socket and your sorted

I imagine its an 11/16 old imperial your after

Slightly bigger than a 17mm yet smaller then an 18mm

Yea not far at all

Just a crap Road to drive!!!!

Hi number 8

No wasnt me unless somebody took mine off the axle stands, out of the garage, and resprayed it silver............

Mines Black and in need of work before i hit the road in it!!!!

The wonderful and most interesting town of Longford!

Sound Billy,

Il check it out after the weekend so and hopefully make it to a meet somewher in the near future...

Meeting other mini owners will hopefully help me with my project

Hi

Im kinda new to this and just wondering when the next event or meet is on so i can go along and gain some information etc...

Ive just got an 86 mayfair 998cc and its in need of some tidying up etc